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...Dorothy Dell Goff, 19, blonde cinemactress (Wharf Angel, Little Miss Marker); in an automobile accident; near Altadena, Calif. A series of beauty contests brought her titles of "Miss American Legion," "Miss New Orleans," "Miss America." Florenz Ziegfeld gave her a job in the Follies of 1931 after she became Galveston's "Miss Universe" in a $2.98 white bathing suit. In Hollywood she was being groomed for stardom...
...Church (Episcopal) printed the pledge for its readers to sign. The Detroit Council of Churches (250,000 Protestants) has urged ministers to promote it. Besides Catholic action in such cities as Mobile, Rochester, Little Rock. St. Louis, Omaha, New Orleans and Spokane, interdenominational action has been taken in Denver, Galveston and San Francisco...
John Bamber Hickam '36, of Galveston, Texas, has been awarded the Jacob Wendell Scholarship, one of the leading undergraduate honors at the University, it was announced yesterday. Hickam prepared at the Western High School in Washington, D. C., but his home is at Fort Crockett, in Galveston where his father is an officer in the United States Air Corps. He ended his Freshman year in the highest group of the rank list, and is now specializing in Bio-Chemical Sciences in preparation for the study of medicine after graduation...
...thought long and hard about this pitching strategy was a Birmingham. Ala. jeweler named Pat Linnehan. Jeweler Linnehan figured out a remedy, suggested it to friends on his hometown team in the Southern Association. Last week at the convention of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in Galveston, the Southern Association announced adoption of a new rule: When there are two out. and the pitcher walks the batter on four consecutive balls, "runners occupying bases shall be advanced two bases, except in the event both second base and third base are occupied, when the runner on third shall score...
...Shipping Co., Ltd., the abandoned ship was towed down the river into New York harbor and her cargo placed under guard. As she lay at anchor near the Statue of Liberty she created amazement among the officers and crew of the real Texas Ranger as they steamed in from Galveston...